Drivers of non-profit activity: a cross-country analysis |
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Authors: | Edward Nissan Maria-Soledad Castaño Inmaculada Carrasco |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, Finance and International Business, College of Business, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA;(2) Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Plaza de la Universidad, 1, 02071 Albacete, Spain;; |
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Abstract: | This paper contributes to the existing debate on the determinants of non-profit activity. The main theories have been centered
in (1) the study of the individual behavior of people (donors, non-profit entrepreneurs), (2) one single factor or (3) one
single country. To quantify this approach, data for 38 countries have been used, extracted from World Values Survey, United
Nations Development Program and Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. A structural modeling approach based in partial least squares
(PLS) has been applied. The results provide evidence of the strength of environmental factors such as trust, economic development
and social care public expenditures in non-profit activity. The model doesn’t confirm the existence of a positive relationship
between entrepreneurship and non-profit activity. Nevertheless, the authors consider that the supply side theories and the
idea of spatial production of entrepreneurship are quite consistent and find some signs evidencing a positive relationship
between these variables. |
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